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Genus Cirsium (possibly vulgare) - Plume Thistles
26 June 2025, Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland, LIVE: youtube.com/live/uUvBg8HHOpU
📍 Habitat:
Widespread in Ireland, often found in disturbed soils, field margins, roadsides, pastures, and waste ground.

Prefers sunny spots and well-drained soils.

📏 Description:
This is a rosette stage (juvenile form) of the plant.

Deeply lobed, spiny leaves with bristly hairs, especially along the central vein and margins.

The plant will eventually grow a tall flowering stem (up to 1.5 m), producing purple flower heads.

🌼 Flowering Time:
Flowers from July to September in Ireland.

🤓 Curious Facts:
A biennial: forms a rosette in the first year and flowers in the second.

Beloved by bees and butterflies; it's a key nectar source.

Though often called a "weed", it’s native and protected under some agri-environmental schemes due to its ecological value.

The seeds are eaten by birds, especially goldfinches.

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Oniscus asellus - Common Shiny Woodlouse
26 june 2025, Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland, LIVE youtube.com/live/uUvBg8HHOpU
📍 Habitat:
Commonly found across Ireland, especially in damp, dark places: under logs, stones, bark, or within compost heaps.

Favors decaying wood and moist leaf litter.

📏 Size:
Adult length: up to 16 mm.

Oval, flattened body with segmented exoskeleton.

Colour ranges from grey to brown, sometimes with yellowish markings, as seen in your specimen.

🧠 Fun & Curious Facts:
Despite looking insect-like, woodlice are crustaceans, relatives of crabs and lobsters.

They breathe through gill-like structures, which is why they must stay in moist environments.

They help decompose dead organic matter, playing an important role in the ecosystem.

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Volucella pellucens - Pellucid fly
26 june 2025, Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland, LIVE youtube.com/live/uUvBg8HHOpU
Sometimes called the Pellucid Hoverfly, this is one of the largest flies in Britain. It has a striking ivory-white band across its middle and large dark spots on its wings.
Leucozona lucorum has similar bands but is smaller with an orange scutellum.

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Vickey Noguri

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Radio of a Thousand Hills is now broadcasting in Ireland. It's cute when deportation threats from God come straight to your inbox 🤯😐

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European Woman Shocked to Have Been Able to Drive Along Ukrainian Border

This is Crazy... How Did She Survive? 🤣

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